1. 1 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES - PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONS

2. 2 PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO BRIEF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND PLANS WITH REGARD TO PRISONS

3. 3 OVERCROWDING ON 28 FEBRUARY 2001, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES MANAGED 238 PRISONS IN 9 PROVINCES.THESE PRISONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ã 8 FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS ã 13FOR YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ã 113FOR MALE OFFENDERS ã 99FOR MALE AND FEMALE OFFENDERS ã 5PRISONS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS SOUTH AFRICAN PRISONS CAPACITY IS 102 048. HOWEVER, IT HAS 170 168 INMATES AS ON 28 FEBRUARY 2001. THIS SITUATION CONSTITUTES AN AVERAGE OVERPOPULATION RATE OF 66.75 % AND A TOTAL ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY NEED FOR 68 120 PRISONERS.

4. 4 OVERVIEW (Continued) The distribution of the prisoners population,as on 28 February 2001, per province

5. 5 INFANTS, CHILDREN AND FEMALES - CHILDREN IN CUSTODY (UNDER 18 YEARS) : 3621 -INFANTS & CHILDREN (BIRTH TO 5 YEARS) : 183 -FEMALE OFFENDERS : 4274

6. 6 STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING To address the challenges presented by overcrowding the Department is involved in a number of inter departmental projects developed within the Crime Prevention, Justice and Safety Cluster. Through the clustering approach the DCS has been able to formulate and embark on the following strategies to combat overcrowding in prisons:  There are multi-sectoral teams to identify blockages and devise solutions for the awaiting trial prisoners. (E.g Awaiting Trial Prisoner Projects, Court Process Project, Inmate tracking, Saturday courts)

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9. 9 MEASURES TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING Interventions and actions taken to reduce the prisoner population:  Optimal utilization of Community Corrections as a sentencing / diversion option  Conversion of sentences into Correctional Supervision  Assisting prisoners to obtain money to pay their bail and fines  Ensuring that support systems are in place for all prisoners who are to be released on parole or correctional supervision  Speedy placement of prisoners with fines on Correctional Supervision

10. 10 MEASURES TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING (Continued)  Ensuring that prisoners who qualify for parole are placed out as soon as possible  Increased focus on rehabilitation programmes for prisoners to prevent re-offending  Focus on training-, education- and social development programmes  Release of 8 262 awaiting trial prisoners accused of less serious offences that were granted bail of R 1 000 or less. (September 2000)  Early placement of 8 678 sentenced prisoners through the advancement of their approved parole dates.(Oct 2000)

11. 11 MEASURES TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING (Continued) Expanding accommodation capacity through the Capital Works Programme  Completion of current projects - Kokstad Closed Maximum - 1 440 prisoners - Devon Pre-release Centre - 600 prisoners  New prisons with capacity for ± 6 000 beds in 2003/4  Repair and Maintenance programmes for prisons in 2004/5 Opening of APOPS Prisons - Bloemfontein(1/7/2001) - 2 928 prisoners - Louis Trichardt (1/2/2002) - 3 024 prisoners

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14. 14 Impact of measures taken regarding awaiting trial prisoners: Bearing in mind the high crime rate and the increasing awaiting trial prisoner population, the Department of Correctional Services will have to investigate other extreme measures to combat the problem of overcrowding in prisons

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17. 17 ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY -

18. 18 RECORD OF ESCAPES : 1995 TO 2000

19. 19 INTERVENTION STRATEGIES: PREVENTION OF ESCAPES  National Action Plan for the prevention of escapes.  Strict disciplinary actions against negligent and corrupt officials.  Criminal prosecution of officials and any other person for aiding escapes.  Enforcement of strict compliance and adherence to all the relevant policies and procedures improving control and security in prisons.  Incentives for prisoners who report planned escapes or who raise alarm.  Stronger emphasis on the involvement of Managers at all levels.

20. 20 DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST OFFICALS: ESCAPES Jan. to Dec. 2000 Number of officials charged: 333 Number of dismissals: 19 Number of serious/final written warnings: 60 Number of written/verbal warnings: 42 Not guilty: 59 Cases still pending: 153

21. 21 COMPARATIVE ESCAPE FIGURES 1999 VERSUS 2001

22. 22 IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING  The specifications document was completed.  Invitations of possible tenders were advertised on 12 January 2001.  A compulsory meeting was held on 9 February 2001 with possible bidders to clarify certain questions.

23. 23  Because of some information in the specification document that was not clear consequently the tender invitation lapsed.  The tender documentation was revised and forwarded to Treasury for their comment and advice.  As soon as an answer is received back from Treasury, the tender process will continue.

24. 24 Expected outputs  Continuously monitored probationers, parolees and awaiting trial persons.  To have more effective and efficient control over offenders in the community.

25. 25 ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS Key Departmental objective To enhance Community Corrections Strategy:  To improve the quality of visitations to probationers and parolees by correctional officials.  To involve family or custo- dian of the offender in the visitation and rehabilitation process.

26. 26  To fully decentralise Community Corrections reporting offices to be accessible to all offenders.  To place low risk awaiting trial prisoners who cannot afford to pay bail in order to reduce overcrowding.

27. 27  To place parolees, probationers and awaiting trial persons under Community Corrections and to market the concept to the Department of Justice.  To train Community Corrections officials

28. 28 Expected Outputs: BY 2005  Increased home visitations by correctional officials and professional correctional personnel in order to spend more quality time with offenders and address their individual needs.

29. 29  Increased number of professional correctional personnel attached to Community Corrections in order to compile pre-sentence/ evaluation reports and present programmes to offenders.  Increased number of volunteers in order to be involved in DCS activities.

30. 30  Increased number of correc- tional officials in order to monitor and spend more quality time with all offenders during visitation.  Reduced population of awaiting trial prisoners as well as the sentenced prisoners by 25%.  Establish tracing units to achieve 50% reduction of absconders

31. 31 UNIT MANAGEMENT

32. 32 INTRODUCTION The concept of unit management aims at the individualised care of offenders and the identification of development and rehabilitation potential as well as the risk to the community Multi- disciplinary teams will ensure appropriate placement, care and development of all prisoners

33. 33 The DCS approved that this concept to prisoner management be implemented in all prisons as well as APOPS Introduction(continue)

34. 34 DEVELOPMENTS A Functional training model and source document was developed and ten training workshops involving ± 550 officials representing the offices of the 9 Provincial Commissioners and 41 prisons, which accommodate more than 46 000 prisoners, were conducted during 2000/2001.

35. 35 Trainees were trained on the principles, elements and processes/ procedures associated with unit management. They were also afforded the opportunity to, amongst others, divide their prisons into units and to develop Structured Day Programmes as well as Operational Procedure Manuals within the parameters of the concept.

36. 36 Because the implementation and development of unit management is a process and not an event, it is firstly being phased in 41 prisons. Following the successful implementation in those 41 identified prisons, Provincial Commissioners will expand the concept to other existing prisons in their provinces

37. 37 THE WAY FORWARD AS DESCRIBED IN OUTPUTS LINKED TO THE KEY DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVE: IMPROVEMENT OF PRISONER MANAGEMENT

38. 38 OUTPUTS Implementation of Unit Management at 80% of our prisons by 2005 Development of norms and standards pertaining to requirements for Unit Management by 2003

39. 39 Finalise resource document on training by 2002 Training of staff on Unit Management: - 20% by 2002 - 40% by 2003 - 60% by 2004 - 80% by 2005 OUTPUTS (continue)

40. 40 OUTPUTS (continue) Develop an appropriate security risk assessment instrument by 2003

41. 41  HIV/AIDS INTRODUCTION HIV/AIDS WILL POSE A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT NOT ONLY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BUT ALSO TO CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. A COHERENT INTERVENTION STRATEGY IS THEREFORE REQUIRED TO EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC.

42. 42  STATISTICS: March. 1995: 596 March. 1996: 698 March. 1997: 924 March. 1998: 1 439 March. 1999: 1 946 March. 2000: 2 939 March. 2001: 3 967

43. 43 : DEVELOPMENTS  POLICY CONSULTATION ARE BEING FINALISED  HIV/AIDS STRATEGIC SESSION IS PLANNED FOR JULY 2001  ESTABLISHMENT OF FULL TIME HIV/AIDS UNITS AT HEAD OFFICE, PROVINCES AND IDENTIFIED PRISONS AS RECOMMENDED BY DOH

44. 44  75% OF NURSES ARE TRAINED IN HIV/AIDS  FORMALISATION OF HIV/AIDS COMMITTEES AT ALL LEVELS  COMMEMORATION OF WORLD AIDS DAY IN ALL PROVINCES  PARTICIPATION IN THE DOH PROJECT, DONATION OF DIFLUCAN TABLETS BY PFIZER COMPANY

45. 45  DIFLUCAN IS FOR TREATMENT OF FUNGAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV INFECTION  PRISONER PEER-LED EDUCATION  SUPPORT OF SECONDMENT OF PWAs BY DOH  PROMOTION OF PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ROLE PLAYERS

46. 46  INTENSIFYING AWARENESS PROGRAMMES  EXTEND PROGRAMMES TO ALL PRISONS  DISTRIBUTION OF GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVETION AND TREATMENT OF OPPORTUNISTIC AND HIV RELATED DISEASES

47. 47  STRATEGIC PLAN 2005 - NEED BASED PROGRAMME PLAN WITH 100% PROFESSIONAL STAFF TRAINED IN HIV/AIDS -ENHANCEMENT OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH AND PRISONER INVOLVMENT IN PROGRAMS -FULL PARTICIPATION OF ALL ROLE PLAYERS -PRISONER-PEER-LED EDUCATION PROGRAMS

48. 48 EHANCEMENT OF REHABILITATION

49. 49 THE AIM OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS TO REHABILITATE OFFENDERS IN OUR CARE, TOPREPARE THEM FOR SUCCESSFUL REINTEGRATION IN THE COMMUNITY AS PRODUCTIVE AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS AIM

50. 50 INTRODUCTION Constitution of the RSA (108 of 1996) enshrines the rights of prisoners to conditions of detention that are consistent with human dignity Pursuant to the Constitutional imperatives and the core functions of the department, DCS committed itself to embrace a new paradigm and move from punitive to rehabilitative approach Emphasis is placed on striking a balance between safe custody and rehabilitation as rehabilitation is a long-term goal to crime prevention Comprehensive strategic perspectives to support and enhance rehabilitation were identified

51. 51 STATUS REPORT ON STRATEGIC ISSUES National Workshop on Rehabilitation Development of a Rehabilitation Policy Creative Skills Development Policy Establishment of Training Centres National Skills Fund: Department of Labour Intervention model ( comprehensive assessment of the offender’s profile to identify his/her rehabilitation needs and to develop a care plan) Combating illiteracy Marketing of rehabilitation programmes to offenders Restorative Justice approach to bring about healing Community participation to enhance rehabilitation programmes

52. 52 A series of workshops with different disciplines were held between September 2000 and March 2001 The goal of the workshops were to:  Reposition ourselves within the context of the core business, government priorities and trends in corrections  redefine the role and responsibilities of these professionals in the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders  identify key policy indicators  identifying gaps in existing policies and developing of new policy External role players from various tertiary institutions, Government Departments, NGO’s/CBO’s and ex-offenders were involved Progress National Workshops on Rehabilitation Strategic issue

53. 53 Discussion documents were compiled on the outcome of the workshops and submitted to the DC Development Programmes Focus areas of the workshops:  Combating illiteracy  Increase community participation  Prevention programmes within the community  Aftercare programmes to prevent relapse into reoffending  Specialized training needs of staff Obstacles / impediments were identified that impedes the successful rendering of rehabilitation programmes to offenders such as Human resource and facilities Key policy indicators were identified for the compilation of a draft policy document on the respective discipline Output National Workshops on Rehabilitation Strategic issue

54. 54 An urgent to align policies with current legislation an latest trends was identified. A multi-disciplinary team is currently in the process to develop a policy on rehabilitation Policy guidelines to inform practice will be developed. Development of a Rehabilitation Policy ProgressStrategic issue

55. 55 No clear guidelines on the application of creative skills development in a prison environment exist. A draft policy was compiled and due to be submitted to Management Board for approval and implementation Progress Creative Skills Development Policy Strategic issue

56. 56 Facilities at majority of prisons not conducive to the rendering of rehabilitation programmes Number of training centres are currently in the planning phase and / or in the process of being build as part of a NCPS project The following training centres have already been completed:  Nelspruit  East Londen  Kimberley Training will be provided in Basic Technical Skills in combination with Business Skills Personnel will be trained as instructors at an external accredited training body in order to utilize these centres to full capacity As part of this process, current space and facilities not in use will be identified to be reallocated for rehabilitation purposes Progress Establishment of training centres Strategic issue

57. 57 Due to limited funds and capacities only a number of offenders have the opportunity to participate in Occupational Skills Training The allocated amount of R4million per annum has been increased for this financial year to an amount of R7million Training needs were identified per province and funds were allocated and distributed to the respective provinces according to specific identified needs External Service Providers are contracted to provide Basic Occupational Skills Training. External certificates are issued on completion of training Progress National Skills Fund: Department of Labour Strategic issue

58. 58 The development of an intervention framework that would guide practice has been developed. Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation are the four building blocks of the helping cycle Training of Master Trainers and professionals on the model are in the process The model will be piloted at selected prisons for evaluation and monitoring Progress Intervention Model (comprehensive assessment of the offender’s profile to identify his/her rehabilitation needs and to develop a care plan) Strategic issue

59. 59 An integrated assessment tool for offenders is in being developed The tool will be utilized for appropriate placement, care and rehabilitation of offenders. The tool will ensure that resources are used optimally for the rehabilitation of offenders. Training on implementation will start as soon as this tool has been finalised Output Development of an integrated assessment tool Strategic issue

60. 60 ABET programmes are implemented in all prisons In January 2001 a contract was entered into with the external service provider. Distribution of procured learner support material are in process Evaluation of the effectiveness of learner support material and curriculum appropriateness will be conducted on a continuous basis Progress Combating illiteracy Strategic issue

61. 61 Programmes and services shall be marketed extensively Marketing strategies shall include:  Updating brochures for offenders  Development of an orientation video  Organize internal and national days e.g. International Literacy day, Restorative Justice Week, Women’s Day, Youth Day, etc Progress Marketing of rehabilitation programmes to offenders Strategic issue

62. 62 Restorative Justice Week (12 – 19 November 2000) was commemorated to create awareness amongst personnel, prisoners, victims, families and the community Various restorative justice events and workshop were organized for offenders and the community with the focus on the mediation and healing process During the National Workshops on Rehabilitation the Restorative Justice Approach was debated with various external role players A discussion document will be compiled on Restorative Justice to promote a common understanding Progress Restorative Justice Approach to bring about healing Strategic issue

63. 63 National workshops will be organized to raise awareness involving internal and external role players Victim / offender mediation protocol will be developed to facilitate the reconciliation process between victim, offender, family and the community Required training on mediation protocol will be conducted after the mediation protocol is finalized Progress Restorative Justice Approach to bring about healing Strategic issue

64. 64 Creation of an environment that is conducive for social independence, self discipline and ongoing family support and community participation The community should play a pivotal role in supporting and strengthening rehabilitation programmes A model for community involvement will be developed In order to support this model, current policies on community involvement will be reviewed to increase community participation. Progress Community participation to enhance Rehabilitation programmes Strategic issue

65. 65 CONCLUSION The execution of the following programmes / projects Are subject to the approval of the Business Plans of the Chief Directorate Development Programmes, which were Submitted for Management Board approval and funding, I.e. Development and implement needs-based rehabilitation programmes by the year 2003 Combating illiteracy within a prison environment Establish capacities at prisons for rehabilitation programmes Engagement of the community in the rehabilitation programmes for offenders Restorative Justice